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Bachelor of science from US Naval Academy,
1962; master of science in administration from George Washington University,
1970; Rear Admiral
USNR; test pilot; was assigned for
STS-33;
hobbies: Flying, auto restoration, running, skiing; he died in a crash of a
World-War-II-era training plane.He was the
PLT of the original
STS-51F
Spacelab-2 crew (this was the period of Griggs still being in
STS-41F
crew. However, STS-41F was cancelled and Karol
Bobko's crew was given
STS-51E
mission instead which was, too, cancelled, with the crew finally flying on
STS-51D).
Sometime during STS-51E and
STS-51D
(beginning of January 1985) the managers realized that the proximity of two
missions will not let Griggs to be adequately trained for
STS-51F, so he
replaced him with Roy Bridges (in
fact, Griggs was then assigned to
PLT of STS-51K, then
STS-61K -
the EOM mission).